Acceptance testing for Peregrine was conducted at the Dayton T. Brown, Inc. commercial test facility in Bohemia, NY.
On 2022-12-08, Peregrine completed vibration and acoustics testing at a commercial facility on New York’s Long Island.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander successfully passed its first two acceptance tests.
The acceptance tests proved that Peregrine can withstand the flight environment of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur.
The recent acceptance tests for Peregrine were completed ahead of schedule.
Peregrine is currently undergoing electromagnetic interference (EMI/EMC) testing.
Peregrine will undergo thermal vacuum testing before being sent to Cape Canaveral, Florida for integration with ULA’s Vulcan Centaur.
The launch of Peregrine is scheduled for Q1 2023.
Peregrine is carrying payloads from NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative that was awarded in 2019.
Peregrine is carrying payloads awarded through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative from the 2019 awards.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander departed Astrobotic headquarters on 2022-11-16 and is headed to test facilities for final acceptance testing prior to its first launch to the Moon in 2023-01-01.
United Launch Alliance delayed Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander flight on the inaugural Vulcan Centaur to the first quarter of 2023 to give Astrobotic more time to complete its lander.
Astrobotic unveiled its Peregrine lander at its Pittsburgh headquarters in April 2022 while the vehicle was still missing solar panels, fuel tanks and payloads.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander is planned to support a mission at the end of 2022.
The Peregrine lander is scheduled to launch as soon as late 2023 on the inaugural United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur mission.
Testing with Peregrine and the Deep Space Network was conducted over two weeks and culminated in confirmation that Peregrine can successfully transmit data and receive commands through the Deep Space Network to Astrobotic’s Mission Control Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Astrobotic plans to launch the Peregrine lander as soon as late 2022 on the inaugural flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur.
NASA contracts for the Peregrine and Griffin landers enabled Astrobotic to grow from 18 employees three years before 2022 to nearly 180 employees in 2022.
Astrobotic unveiled its Peregrine lunar lander at an 2022-04-20 event in Pittsburgh.
Astrobotic expects Peregrine to launch in the fourth quarter of 2022, a schedule that depends on both the readiness of the lander and of ULA’s Vulcan.